Mpi language
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| Native to | Thailand, perhaps China |
| Ethnicity | 1,500 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 900 (2007)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | mpz |
| Glottolog | mpii1239 |
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Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand.
- Ban Dong (บ้านดง), Tambon Suan Khuean (สวนเขื่อน), Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA". in Ban Dong)
- Ban Sakoen (บ้านสะเกิน), Tambon Yot (ยอด), Song Khwae District, Nan Province (autonym: Script error: No such module "IPA". in Ban Sakoeng)
Since the Mpi of Thailand migrated from Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China over 300 years ago, there could also possibly be Mpi speakers in China (Nahhas 2007).
Phonology
Mpi has six tones and two phonations in its vowels, modal voice and stiff voice:
| Tone | Modal voice | Stiff voice |
|---|---|---|
| Low | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'blood' | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'seven' |
| Low rising | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'putrid' | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'dried up' |
| Mid | Script error: No such module "IPA". (a color) | Script error: No such module "IPA". (a classifier) |
| Mid rising | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'to roll' | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'to smoke' |
| High | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'four' | Script error: No such module "IPA". (a name) |
| High rising | Script error: No such module "IPA". 'to die' | Script error: No such module "IPA". (a name) |
References
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- ^ a b Mpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
- Nahhas, Ramzi W. (2007) Sociolinguistic Survey of Mpi in Thailand. SIL International
- Sittichai, Sah-iam (1984). Phrases and clauses in the Mpi language at Ban Dong, Phrae Province. Bangkok: Mahidol University MA thesis.
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